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CBCA molecular structure
What is CBCA?
Cannabichromenic acid (CBCA) is a minor cannabinoid and was first isolated in 1968 by Japanese researchers, two years following the discovery by Israeli researchers of the cannabinoid that it produces when decarboxylated, cannabichromene (CBC).
CBCA and is an acidic precursor cannabinoid that is produced by cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), another acidic precursor and a special molecule that has been dubbed the "mother of all cannabinoids." This is due to the fact that CBGA synthesizes not only cannabigerol (CBG), but also the important acidic precursors CBDA and THCA.
"Mature plants typically feature only a fraction of one percent of CBCA in dry weight by volume."
CBC is considered one of the four major cannabinoids produced by hemp and cannabis, along with cannabidiol (CBD), CBG, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The volumes of CBCA peak early in the growth of a cannabis plant due to the position of this cannabinoid in the overall biosynthetic pathway of this botanical species. In fact, mature plants typically feature only a fraction of one percent of CBCA in dry weight by volume (typically 0.2-0.3 percent in most cultivars) because most of the CBCA was converted to CBC during the growth cycle of the plant.
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